A 4-day working meeting of the International peace-building network OMNIBUS 1325 took place on November 14-17, 2009 in Istanbul (Turkey). Susanna Ghazaryan, the Officer of Education Department of WFD and a member of the International peace-building network OMNIBUS 1325 also […]
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“Peace and Conflict Resolution Education at schools of Armenia”
“Peace and Conflict Resolution Education at schools of Armenia”, October 2009 A summery report about peace education project in Armenian schools. It was published in the newsletter of the International Peace Research Association. Link to the article: http://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/newsletter/PEC-news-10-2009.pdf […]
International Day of Peace, UN Armenia
An event devoted to the International Day of Peace was held in the UN Armenian office on September 18, 2009. This year the International Day of Peace was celebrated by UN under the slogan “We must disarm”. The Association of […]
International Conference on Population and Development, 2009
Gohar Markosyan, the president of WFD, participated in the “International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development”, held on September 2-4, 2009, in Berlin. The forum marked the […]
Community development consultant from Canada
Upon WFD’s invitation, Jim Wards, a volunteer consultant from the Canadian organisation CESO (Canadian Executive Service Organisation) was working with the WFD staff and the beneficiaries from August 9-22. Jim has been involved in the Community Development projects for the last […]
Armenian volunteers from diaspora
In June-July 2009 the NGO “Women for Development” hosted two volunteers from Canada and Argentina, who were in Armenia in the frames of the project being implemented by the charity foundation “Birthright Armenia”. Cynthia El-Khoury studies at the department of […]
Presentation of peace education handbook in Shirak, Lori and Aragatsotn
In June-December 2008, jointly with the specialists from the National Institute of Education of RA Ministry of Education and Science /NIE/, presentations were organized for more than 230 teachers from 10 project beneficiary schools, as well as more than 100 […]
“Engaging Children and Teenagers in Peace Culture Education and Peace-building”
“Engaging Children and Teenagers in Peace Culture Education and Peace-building, 3 July 2008 Link to the article: http://www.rwctic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/TC-9-3.pdf Download as pdf: Thinking-classroom-international journal
Teachers’ training in Shirak region
In March-June 2008 “Women for Development” NGO and the National Institute of Education of RA Ministry of Education and Science organized “Peace and Conflict Resolution Education” trainings for more than 20 teachers from 10 beneficiary schools in Shirak along with […]
“Peace and Conflict Resolution Education in Schools”: a handbook for teachers
One of the most important achievements of the organisation throughout the year was publication of “Peace and Conflict Resolution Education in Schools” handbook for teachers. Back in December 2007 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between WFD NGO and the […]